NOT A BIG DEAL WESTLAKE WANTS MORE THAN THE LEAGUE TITLE WESTLAKE 6, MOORPARK 5.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer MOORPARK - There was no celebration. There weren't even many smiles. Wins have become so common and the team's sights are set so high that clinching its first league title in 10 years was treated as routine by the Westlake High baseball team. The Warriors defeated host Moorpark 6-5 on Wednesday to remain undefeated in Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. play and maintain a two-game lead over Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. with two games left. Westlake's four errors and the two runs allowed in the final inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. reminded the Warriors (20-3, 10-0) that there's room for improvement, something they are more concerned about at this point than records or league titles. The goal is a Southern Section championship for the team ranked second in the region by the Daily News. ``Did we?'' Warriors pitcher Tyler Adamczyk said of securing at least a tie for the Marmonte title. ``We aren't keeping track. We just want to win.'' After starting the season with a school-record 16 consecutive victories, Westlake lost three games in the past two weeks, including the final two at last week's West Coast Classic in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. . ``It was really important we won today, got back on track,'' said Adamczyk, who went 3 for 3 with three RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in , a two-run home run and a walk. The junior right-hander also pitched a complete-game five-hitter with seven strikeouts - he struck out the side in order in the third - to improve to 6-0. ``He's good,'' Moorpark coach Scott Fullerton said of Adamczyk. ``What else is there to say? ``We faced him last time and unfortunately we have to face him again next year.'' Even though the Musketeers (14-8, 3-6) start five sophomores, both of their losses to Westlake have been by one run. Adamczyk doubled in Cory Taillon in the first and Taillon's one-out double ignited ig·nite v. ig·nit·ed, ig·nit·ing, ig·nites v.tr. 1. a. To cause to burn. b. To set fire to. 2. To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat. a three-run rally in the third to give Westlake a 4-0 lead before Moorpark scored an unearned run in the fourth. Without an effective change-up, Moorpark starter Beto Macias (3-2) was chased in the fifth, but reliever Sean Gates pitched two scoreless innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. while Westlake errors and a tiring Adamczyk made the game close. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Moorpark's Chris Nealon made a diving A DIV Associate of Divinity grab on this grounder by Tyler Adamczyk of Westlake but couldn't throw out his man at first. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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